Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1931, Page 51

HOLIDAY FEATURES RADIO PROGRANS Liberty Bell’s Voice to Be Heard Over WRC—Con- cert on WMAL. Radio has gone the limit to observe George Washington's birthday. Every- thing from the pealing of old Liberty Bell in Independence Hall in Phila- delphia to a tribute from across the sea is included among the holiday fea- tures announced by the Columbia and N. B. C. networks. Liberty Bell will rin of a historical Was| program to be broadcast by WRC and other Natiohal Broadcasting Co. sta- tions, Each ring of the bell will be in commemoration of one of the original 13 colonies. In addition there will be an address by Representative Sol Bloom of New York. ‘The Columbia System has arranged two special holiday features, both of which will be carried by WMAL. The first is a talk on George Washington by Viscount Grey of Falloden, to come from London. Birthday Party Planned. ‘Then at 9 o'clock tonight there will be a George Washington birthday radio consisting of addresses by former esentative Slemp of Virginia and Ambassador Paul Claudel of France, and a concert by the United States Army Band. The band will play a special program featuring the music of the Wuhingtonanhyeue era. Several of the regular program at- tractions of both networks also will commemorate the 139th anniversary of the birth of Washington. Among them is the weekly concert by the troit 13 times as ngton_ birthday THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO! o 4 FEBRUARY 22, 1931—PART FOUR. Grace Hays, on the left, a noted star of the stage and screen, who will broadcast in the Pleasure Hour Wednesday night over an N. B. C. network. entertainers, although they have been on the air only several weeks. Donald Hughes, the “Rollo.” On the right are “Daddy and Rollo,” who are ranked among Columbia Nick Dawson is the “Daddy, Symphony Hour, coming into Washing- over WMAL. Beethoven's oratorio, “The Mount of Ollm " will be presented in its entirety the Cathedral Hour, which wIlAL will broadcast at 2 o'clock. In the “Sweethearts of the Air” presenta- tion later in the afternoon Adele Vasa, soprano, and Ben Alley, unnr, will be beard in a diversified program. Anna Case to Sing. Anna Case, internationally known American soprano, and Raoul Nadeau, baritone, with the assistance of Josef Pasternack’s Orchestra, will present the Kent Hour over WRC. Miss 's con- tributions include Swedish and Scotch folk songs and operatic arias. Another opera star, Mario Chamlee, will be heard over WRC during the Garden Party program. Among his selections are “The Old Rcl’rlln" of Kreisler, the “Flower Song" from Bizet's “Carmen,” and Curran’s “Dawn.” Msaurice Chevalier in his program with the Choral Orchestra "g‘lf:" on his recent film success, Pmde " for one of the three lnnp he is to sing. numbers are “Bon Soir" 4na “1vs a Habit of Mines Play to Be Given. Rachel Field's play, “The landon- 1Ty Air,” will be broadcast at 'l 30 o'clock. The cast lnc!udu Fay )Mnur. famous stage star, and nun- ‘Tynan, a familiar figure in Amerlun theater. WOL will broadcast gervice of the Pirst Church and a popular program 1n the afternoon by Jack Ralston's Orche The regular Washington Catholic Hour also will be broadcast at 5 o'clock. Rev. Francis J. Lucey of Georgetown Uni- wversity will preach the sermon. As a ayechl holiday attraction WISV will broadcast the Wash! ington service at_the little Pohick Church in |5t which Washington at- ion also has scheduled #ts regular musical and rellgtoua features. Pohick, Va., tended. The Evidence of Meteor Indicnted “Electronic explorers,” following radio methods and using vacuum tube ampli- flers, have determined that a vast body of meteoric metal is embedded under the bed of Arizona's famous meteor erater, possibly proving that the mile- yide crater is the result of a meteor | Major Radio Features I SPECIAL EVENTS, ‘Washington Birthday celebra- tion featuring tapping of Liberty Bell and addresses by Representative 8ol Bloom of New York and M.yo Mackey of Philadelphia, WRC, 2:30; ‘Washington birthday _services at the Pohick Church, WJSV, 3:00; ‘Washington's birthday party, fea- turing addresses by Paul Ciaudel, French Ambassador to the United States, and Former Representative C. Bascom Slemp of Virginia, and music by the Army Band, WMAL, 9. ADDRESSES. “@eorge Washington,” by Viscount Grey of Falloden, Rbmldult from Lon- | caf don, WMAL, 12:30; “Narcotic Edu- cation,” by Capt. Richmond P. Hob- son, 3:1 i Doctors,” by Dr. Howard W. Hag- gard, professor physiology Yale, WMAL, 8:00; “Our Govern- by David Lawrence, WRC, 1emu ‘Unemployment,” lis J. Sutton, WRC, 9:08. CLASSICAL. .OXY Bymphflny Orchestra, WRC, 11:30 ; National Oratorio Society, :00; Cathedral Hour, WMAL, 2:00; New York Philharmonic Or- Me, and Josef Pasternack’s Onhu- tra, WRC, 9:15; Detroit S8ymphon! Orchestra and Edgar Guest, MAL, 9:30; Martha Atwood, soprano, ‘WRC, 10:30. VARIETY. Jack Ralston's Orchestra, WOL, 3:30, Capitol “Family,” WRC, 8:01; Choral Orchestra, featuring Maurice Che- valier, WRC, 8:30; Jesse Craw- ford, WMAL, 10:00; Muriel and Vee, EDUCATORS URGE AID FOR NEW LAW Teachers and Pupils Asked to Press Congress for Radio Measure. BY MARTIN CODEL. A sort of clarion call to American educators and to the public at large is sounded in the current Journal of the National Education Assoctation, which, after calling attention to the educators’ demand to Congress for 15 per cent of the radio channels, asks that “teachers and children write to their Repreunu— tives in canlru.l legislation. Stu otndlnhurndwlthnvhw not to promoting this “conserva- tive measure,” but also of “influencing” t radio programs. After suggest- various subjects for class room discussion, including the proposed ex- clusive and ent assignment of H'fi of the Ami broadcasting hannels to education, article goes on to sa; Chance for Betterment. “If once each week every radio lis- tener would write one letter of praise an actual 1o ter of each of these ti based on tle ims to which he list . It is a good plan to discuss in the school the program to which children listen at home, giving special attention to programs which 1 with current events, particularly addresses by civic leaders and statesmen. No child should be allowed to miss the great events of history which are now avail- Able on the radio.” service bureau for the National Cammlnee on Education by Radio, of which Joy Elmer Morgan of the Na- tional Education Association is chair- man, has been opened in the National Press Building here, with Armstrong Perry as director. Recently the com- mittee received a donation of $200- 000 from the Payne Educational Fund to campaign for enactment of the bill setting aside 15 per cent of the chan- nels which has been introduced by Sen- ator Fess of Ohio, chairman of the Re- publican National Committee. Opposition of Broadcasters. Commercial broadcasters, _especially the National Association of Broadcast- ers, are opposing the measure, inas- much as its enactment would inevitably require the elimination of many sta- tions, in view of the already over- crowded condition of the wave lengths. Though the Federal Radio Commission has not taken any stand on the edu- rs’ proposal, Chief Examiner Yost, in the course of a recent public hear- ing, took occasion to remark that the educators can secure all the time they need and can use from already exist- ing stations. This is also the attitude of Commissioner Lafount, who would require commercial broadcasters, as a condition of their Federal licenses, to Teserve a given proportion of their ume—pnssmxy 15 per cent—for educa- tional uses. If hhlry ‘procure the channels, the educators propose to establish stations in each Eula to furnish educational programs _exclusively. Opponents of their scheme call attention to the fact that legislative appropriations will be needed which have not been assured. Moreover, they say, the public does not want educational throughout the day and evening. They point out that the educators propose going into radio without having tested the possi- bilities of talking motion pictures, which are even better adapted for school room purposes. Today on (AL time p.m., 315.6 Meters. WRC 950 Kilocycles. 8:00a—Melody hour. 8:45a—"Reading the Funnies.” 9:00a—Children’s hour. 10:00a—Woodwind Ensemble. 10:30a—Trolka Bells. 11:00a—Neapolitan Days. 11:30a—Roxy Symphony Orchestra. 12:45—Echoes 6f the Orient. l 00—National Oratorio Soclety. 0—Moonshine and Honeysuckle. 2 30—George Washington Birthday Celebration; address by Repre- sentative Sol Bloom of New York and Mayor Mackey of Philadelphia; tapping of the Liberty Bell. 3:00—The Pilgrims. 3: 15—“Nnrmtic Education,” Richmond P. Hobson. 8:30—The Garden Party, Mario Chamlee, tenor. service by Dr. 8. Parkes Cadman. 5:00—The tree hour, with mixed cho- rus and orchestra. 6:00—Catholic hour. 7:00—Big Brothers' Club. 7:30—Drama, “The Londonderry Alr,” featuring P‘ly Bainter. 8:00—Correct tim ! OI—Clpflnl Thent/el' “family.” 0—Choral Orchestra, featuring Maurice Chevalier. D'oo—'x‘gur Government,” wrence. 9:08—"School Construction to Allevi~ ate Unemployment,” by Dr. Willis J. Sutton. 9:15—Anna Case, soprano; Raoul deau, ):mrgan‘: :nd Jose! Pas- ternack’s Orchestra. 10:15—"Earth, Incorporated,” dramatic sketch. 10:30—Martha Atwood, s0prano. 10:45—Sunday at Seth Parker’s. 11:15—Weather forecast. 11:16—Muriel and Vee, vocal and in- strumental duo. 11:30 to 12:00—Russian Cathedral choir. Early Program Tomorrow. 6:45a—Tower health exercises. 8:00a—Gene and Glenn. I1;5nr—MoanK devotions. 9:00a—Morning melodies. 9:15a—Campbell Orchestra and sololsh. t 45a—Our Daily Food. 10:00a—"Safeguarding Your Food and Drug Supply,” by W. R. M. Wharton. 10:15a—Hits and Bits. 10:30a—"Please Tell Me,” Carroll. 10:45a—Hits and Bits. 11:00a—The Blue Streaks. 11:15a—Radio Household Institute. 11:30—Organ melodies. 12:00—Farm flashes. 12:15—Vocal Varieties. 12:30—National farm and home hour. 1:30—Mayflower Orchestra. 2:00—Organ recital 2:30—"The Twilight Circle,” by Char- lotte Goer. 3:00—Current Events. 3:15—Musicalities. 3:30—The Sixteen Singers. Sy 2054 Meters. WISV 1,460 Kilocycles. 11:00 to 12:30—Services of the Fourth Presbyterian Church. 2:15—Church of the Air. 3:00—Washington Birthday services at the Pohick Church. 5:15—Tango Troubadours. 6:00—Gospel-Spreading Association. 7:00—Park View Juveniles. 7:28—Time signal. 7:31—Roland Wheeler, tenor. 7:55—8ervice at First Church Christ Scientist. 9:05—Joseph Di Meglio, tenor, 9:30—=Silver Spring Revelers. 10:00—Studio feature. 10:15—Radio Revival. 11:00—Weather report. Early Program Tomorrow. 9:00a—Down South in Dixie. 9:05a—Towh Crier. 9:30a—Weather report and Grand- by Capt. featuring by David by Jean SPACE ABSORBS ENERGY vocal and instrumental duo, WRC, 11:15. DRAMA. Moonshine and Honeysuckle, 2:00; Big Brother Club, WRC, “The Londonderry Air,” WRC, “Earth, Incorporated,” WRC, 10: HIGH LIGHTS ELSEWHERE. 4:00—New York Philharmonic Orches- tra—WABC, WCAU, WEAN and | WNAC. 6:30—The Dandies; Betty Smart, con- traito; Ben Alley, tenor, and Freddie _ Rich's ~ Orchestra— WABC, WFBL, WEAN, WNAC and WCAU. by Prederick Palmer— WJR, WWJ, WMC and I:W—Penrod Boys—WTIC. 00—Melodies; Betsy Ayres, Mary Hopple and Wilworth’s Ensem- ble—WJZ, WBZ, WBZA, WHAM, IR, KDKA ¢ and KYW. 8:15—Magazine hour; talk and m; serial, “Yuan Hee Laughs"—WJZ, WBZ, WHAM, WJR and WMOC. 15—Band concert—WRVA. w—mh Alys Michot, French so- ‘WRC, 7:08; 7:30; 1 Antenna Catches Amount of Fly Walking Up Window Pane. wer, an e‘n‘lneenng pro- husetts Institute of has estimated that the power received by the average recelving set’s antenna amounts to the equivalent of the energy consumed by the common i housefly walking a distance of one foot up a window pane. Comes now an engineer of the Fed- eral Radlo Commission with a calcula- | tion showing that, with 13,500,000 radio receiving sets in use ln the United States, their aggregate ‘‘consumption” of broadcasting power amounts to only 13.6 watts. All the rest of the broad- cast energy is dissipated in space, but the magical electron tubes in the radio receivers build up the infinitessimal an- tenna energy to the audible volumes. Wine Dealers Get Air Free. To relieve the slump in the wine in- dustry—due partly to the shutting off of the American market—Italian broad- casting authorities are granting free ad- vertising periods to wine merchants to cnable them to sing the praises of 0—WLW. 9:30—" W(‘l’ld Adventures with Floyd Gibbons”—WJZ, WBZ, WBZA, WHAM. KDKA, WJR and WLW. 10:15—Andy Sanella and his novelty orchestra—WJZ, WHAM, WLW, WBZ, WJR, KDKA and WRVA. 30:30—Slumber music; Ludwig Laurier's String Ensemble — WJZ, WBZ, WBZA, WHAM, KDKA, WJR and WLW. 11 oo—vuna:vulse;wnw s 0 estraWJZ, WHREN, L BDEA snd KFAB, x‘a%lmh Vatican ' City, Bacchus in five languages, reports Wire- | less World of London Vatican Huy Bru:dcnt Regularly. | ‘The success of the recent broadcasts by the Pope and Mussolini from Rome father’s Clock 9:40a—Hints to Housewives. 10:15a—Elizabeth Chamblin, soprano. 10:30a—Fashion talk. 11:00ae—Gospel song service, 11:30a—Gospel Crusaders. 12:00—Correct time. lz:oB—Nlflml h.rm news. 12:20—Farm c 12: ao—Harmnnicn selections by Harry Fitzgerald. 12:45 to 1:00—Radio revival 2:00—Afternoon musicale, 3:00—Organ recordings. Stations Heard in Washington Regularly. Kcys. Flashes from The Evening Star, a resume of world news, is broadcast daily by WMAL at_5:45 o'clock. | 0.0.000“00...“00000““ has led lhe }{I,B C. wr:mwdd" oflerm‘m regular weel and_ operat from that cl'.y lplxre .;le- the papal radio also are most popular and 1l-year-old the Radio unless otherwiss indicated.) WM AL 4759 Meters, 630 Kilocycles. 12:00m—Jewish art pi N 12:30—Rebroadcast from London— “George Washington,” by Vis- count Grey of Falloden. 12:45—Canadian Grenadier Band. 1: 30—Clmp Fires of the Revolution; patfiotic program. 2: oo—c.rhedra hour, 3:15—New York Philharmonic Sym- g}mny Orchestra. 4:00—Evensong service from the Wash- ington Cathedral. 5:00—Sermon by Rev. Donald G. Barnhouse. 5:30 to 6:00—Sweethearts of the Air. 7:00—The Golden Hour of the Little Flower—Religious service from Detroit. 8:00—"Devils, Drugs and Doctors,” by Dr. Howard W. Haggard of Yale University. :15—United States School of Music. 8:30—Kaltenborn Edits the News. 8:45—Plano Pals. 9:00—Washington's Birthday Party, featuring Army Band and ad- dress by French Ambassador Claudel and Former Represen- tative C. Bascom Slemp of Vir- ginia. 9:30—Edgar A. Guest, with Detroit Symphony Orchestra. 10:00—Jesse Crawford, organist. 10:30—Around the Samovar. 11:00—Back-home hour, from Buffalo. 12:00—Weather report, 12:01—Quiet Harmonies, featuring Vin- cent Storey's Orchestra. 12:30 to —Organ recital by Ann Early Program Tomorrow. 8:00a—Morning Devotions. 8:15a—The playboys, Brad and Al 8:30a—Tony's Scrap 8:45a—The Dutch Girl. 9:00a—Opening Lhe Morning Mafl, 9:30a—Morning Moods. 10:00a—*"Greetings,” by Ida Bailey Allen. 10:15a—Harmonies and Contrasts. 10:30a—Washington's Birthday Party, by Sons of the American Revo- lution. 11:30a—The Biscuit Bakers. 11:45a—"What I Am Trying to Do,” by Mrs. Nellle Tayloe Ross, vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee. 12:00—Paul Tremaine’s Orchestra, 12:30—Columbia Revue. 1:00—Musical Aviators. 1:30—Ambassador Orchestra. 2:00—Columbia Artists’ Recital. 2:30—American School of the Alr— “The Railroad.” 3:00—Columbia S: WOL 22829 Mel rs. 1,310 Kilocycles, 10:00a—“Messengers _of Judge Rutherford. 10:15a—Muslcal program 103308 == Wa K inglonfaBirikplkos,” by G. Morse. 11:00a—Berviee of ‘the First Congrega- tional Church, 12:00 to 12:15—Birthdays. 3:30—Ralston’s Orchestra. 4:30—Ethel Lynn Fast, soprano, and Eva Whitford Lovette, soprano. 5:00 to 6:00—Catholic radio hour, broadcast from the Church of Immaculate Conception. Early Program Tomorrow. 7:30a—Musical Clock. 8:00a—Birthdays. 8:10a—Musical program. 10:00a—Talk by Peggy Clarke. 10:15a—Musical program. Orchestra. Loud Speaker Aids Scare Crow. Finding that a scarecrow was of little avail in keeping predatory birds from his orchard, an Englishman conceived the idea of connecting a loud aker back of the scarecrow to his radio set and the birds soon deserted the orchard, rts Popular Mechanics. WK, flfi efl A. C. OR D. C. CURRENT 7430109 Less Tubes One Year to Pay Balance 417 11th St. N.W. 1760 Pa. Ave. N.W. “HONOR ROLL” STARTED Stations Showing Least Deviation in Broadcasting Recorded. An “honor roll” of broadcasting sta- tions, necessarily incomplete because only about half the country’s stations were measured, has been compiled by William D. Terrell, chief of the De- partment of Commerce Radio Division, whose staff of experts scattered throughout the country monitors sta- tions to determine whether they are gullty of “wave wobbling” or wandering off their assigned frequencies. Among the 339 stations measured by the district inspectors during one month recently 101 deviated less than 200 cycles in spite of the fact that Fed- Radio Commission regulations lnw up to 500 cycles. This 500-cycle tolerance, incidentally, will probably be narrowed very considerably soon be- cause of advances in radio technique, especially improvements in the quartz crvstals, which enable radio stations to meintain their assigned wave lengths. Folks Behind The Microphone BY THE RADIO EDITOR. NNETTE HANSHAW is one of the latest additions to the group of Columbia’s radio artists. She u a soprano, and there are any things fo tell about her, -mxougn She does ot thini 8o Born in New York City, Miss Han- shaw was reared in Mount Kisco and Scarsdale, N. Y. 8he's still in her ‘teens, but regards her actual age as of no importance to any one. Anyway, Miss Hanshaw wi wonderful child. At the ear 16 months she knew the words of 25 popular songs. But she made no use whatever of her musical talent un- til many years later. When she grew up to the point where she had learned something besides the words of songs she went to three convents —not si- multaneously, of course, but at vari- ous times, accord- ing to her mood, her grades and her ambitions. She studied geography, which she liked, and arithmetic, which she hated, and the rest of the R’ strangely enough, though her subse- quent life has been given over to music, she never studied a single note. Even now she can't tell one note from another. Miss Hanshaw’s professional career was accidental. It started a few years ago through singiog at private parties. Then she began making records, first with one company and then with an- other, and finally with four of them at the same time. This had happy re- sults. Before many months had passed Columbia offered her a contract, and now she is intoning “blues” songs quite regularly over the network. * k% x APID TRANSIT, that series of sketches which depict the humor- ous side of life in the big city, are back on radio. The series was revived last week, after an absence of ml.rlg' two years, because of popular demand. ‘The programs are broadcast at 11 o'clock on Tuesday and Thursday nights over an N. B. C. network, and are of 15 minutes’ duration. x x K x EVERAL “firsts” were registered when “Split Seconds” was broadcast last week over the Celumbia network. The drama was the first written by Irving Rels, Columbia’s monitor engi- neer, who handled the studio controls for his production. It was a first also for George Beuchler, announcer, in en- acting a dramatic role over the air. And it marked the radio debut of Miss Ethelyne Holt, an attractive blond actress. quite a age of Photo-. Electnc Lighting Used. Photo-electric cells are being adapted for switching electric lights on and off automatically. Tests have revealed that hand-operated switches can be elim- inated by the use of the little light- sensitive bulbs, not unlike radio receiv- ing set tubes, which actuate relays to switch on the lights as soon as it gets dark or cloudy outside or to turn them off when a proper degree of outside illumination is secured. Sets in 56,491 Alabama Homem Only 95 per cent of the 592,530 fflmflll‘s in Alabama, or 56,491 in all, have radio recei®ing sets, the Census Bureau reports. This first radio census report from a Southern State compares with an average of 45 per cent shown in Vermont, New Hampshire and Dela- ware. Radio Is “Wireless” in Britain. In British radio parlance, it is still “wireless” for radio, “valve” for {ube, arth” for ground, ef e Entirely Automatic No Bothersome Tuning Baby Grand (DELIVERED SAME DAY AS PURCHASED) OKAY RADIO CO. 417 11th St. N.W. 1760 Pa. Ave. N.W. Behind the Microphone 3 RADIO STATIONS BY THE RADIO EDITOR. ‘HOUGH the business depres- sion has hit the radio man- ufacturers hard, a degree of stability prevails in the radio industries that never obtain- ed before—with optimism the key- note alike among those who fur- nish radio programs, those who make radio receiving equipment and those who distribute radio sets. It was out of just such a depres- sion as the present one that broadcasting and the radio pro- ducing industry sprang into being 10 years n%o, gaining their greatest impetus after the 1921 slump when they began to absorb much of the surplus labor and capital then available. The production of radio sets flourished most. History repeating itself finds the broadcasting stations which, as former Federal Radio Commis- sioner H. A. Bellows has remarked, were “built largely on faith, kept alive by hope and operated as chmti/ shaking off their infant swaddling clothes and emerging as full-fledged factors in the eco- nomic life of the Nation. Broadcasting suffers today pri- marily from problems of taste and morais and the uncertainties of Federal regulation, the latter in- evitable because of the overcrowd- ing of the limited radio channels. But, on the whole, it is making its own way well. It is attracting more and better “labor,” what with its peculiar affinity with journal- um and show business, and to it is flowing more ca‘pital every day. Even in the face of the depression, the broadcasting business has in: creased and has been quite profit- able for many of the broadcasters. In the manufacturing fields the n plications of the electronic tube th and kin of the little vacuum tnbe in your radio receiving sets) promise to make the next decade one of great industrial progress. Hardly a branch of the industry and art, including power trans- mission, automatic controls of mechanical and electrical devices and even therapeutics and sur- gery, is without its uses of the electronic tube in one form or an- other. Many radio manufacturers, rec- ognizing the trend of the times, are diversifying their production, and we find them producing such utilities as refrigerators, clocks, home motion picture cameras and projectors and a multitude of other devices too numerous to mention. Many are preparing for the advent of television, which al- ready has limited uses, but which still seems to be a long way off for home use. ‘Though geople are not buying radios in the quantities of a few years ago, the Census Bureau re- ports on the “radio set popula- tion,” thus far shown, indicating that about 45 per cent of Amer- ica’s homes are equipped with radios, have been exceedingly gratifying. It is confidently ex- pected that the sum total, which will be known by Spring, will reach the 13,500,000 estimate of the Department of Commerce. That leaves 55 per cent of the homes of this country yet to be initially equipped with radios, not to forget the tremendous market for replacements, tubes and ac- cessories that will always remain. From the Radio Manufacturers’ Association we learn that 1930 saw only 22 failures of radio manufac- turers, involving $4,300,000, to compare with the 25 failures, in- volving $12,000,000 in 1929. Cut- rate and bargain stocks are about depleted. Production has been keyed to demand. The radio man- ufacturers have learned their les- sons from overproduction. If only the broadcasters will learn the lessons of overcommercialization —in a word, of doing offense to the good taste and morals of the preponderant majority of the radio public and losing their good will and attention—all will truly be well in the American yadio in- dustries. * Xk k ADIO programs picked up and broadcast from the Nation’s Capital over the Colum- bia network in 1930 would, if pre- sented consecutively 24 hours per day, furnish entertainment, edu- [ cation and inspiration for nearly two weeks.” This fact and other examples of the importance of Washington as a point of origination for radio programs were noted last week by Harry C. Butcher, director of Co- lumbia’s Washington office. In all, 594 programs from the National Capital were made avail- able to Columbia’s coast-to-coast audience in 1930, Butcher said. He explained that “some of the various pick-ups were for but three minutes, while others, in- cluding the Good Friday service from the National Cathedral and the funeral services for the late Chief Justice Taft, required three or more hours.” Regular features heard each week from Washington, Butcher said, “include music of the Army, Navy and Marine Bands, talks by Dr. Julius Klein, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce; Senator Capper of Kansas and Frederic William Wile and addresses in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Washington Star. Special events during 1930 were many and varied, including the spelling bee of the National Press Club and the memorial service for deceased members of Congress.” “The value of the attention ‘Washington receives over the air each year can hardly be overes- timated,” Butcher said, adding “thousands of people undoubtedly are stimulated each year to visit the National Capital purely as a result of having heard interesting radio broadcasts from Washing- ton, and many thousands gain their most intimate contact with the Federal Government by radio.” “As an example, the first word tour of the Lincoln Museum given last year by Lewis G. Reynolds, the custodian, attracted many vl.lhou to the shrine whose interest was aroused by the coast-to-coast broadcast.” Butcher said that short talks were increasingly podpullr over the air, as is illustrates Y Prendem. Hoover’s practice ul limiting his addresses to a half hour. “Of the President’s score or more speeches during the year, one last- ed but three minutes,” Butcher said, “while several ro%ulred less than 10 minutes for d elivery.” * % ¥ X CCEPTANCE of a short story by way of the radio presented a novelty during a recent talk by Sumner Blossom, editor of the American Magazine, in “Bill Schudt’s Going to Press” ram overk WMAL and the Columbia net- work. Blossom was describing how cuelull! unsolicited manuscripts are rea “A few days ago,” he said, “there appeared on my desk a short story. Four editors were cheering for it, yet nope could tell me anything of the“writer or had ever heard of him. No story of his had appeared in print anywhere. “If Mr. Louis McCabe (who I now know is a Philadelphia law- yer) is listening in tonight he will learn for the first time just what happened to his story after it dis- Ppeared into the mysterious maw the magazlne. lt sold itself.” * MJCROPHONE "arm.” which can be moved during a broad- cast without 1nf.erm€tlng the cir- cuit, thus makin; possible for a conductor to pick out for spe- cial prominence a particular sec- tion of the orchestra, has been de- veloped by Jack Sharpe, chief stu- dio engineer of the CFRB, Colum- bia station in Toronto. Put into operation two weeks ago, the arm already has been used by the two largest symphony orchestras in Canada. The micro- hone is suspended at a variable eight from a horizontal arm jecting from a vertical standard. Its maximum radius is 18 feet and the microphone carriage can be|# moved along the arm itself from end to end. If the conductor wishes to have his violins stand out prominently, for example, in a pizzicato pas- sage, the arm is swung around to a position above the violins so as to get their full tone. This opera- tion can be carried out during the introduction leading up to the show passage. SEEK MORE POWER Commission’s Aide Would Give 22 Broadcasting Units Right to Use 50,000 Watts. BY ROBERT MACK. At least three dozen broadcasting sta- tions will crackle through the ether behind booming power if the Federal Radio Commission approves the latest recomimendations of its chief examiner, Ellis A. Yost. ‘Without budging from his original recommendation that maximum power of 50,000 watts be accorded to all cleared channel stations—some 55 of them—Mr, Yost has submitted his sup- plemental report to that body, in which he was forced to select only 8 stations from 24 applicants to fill the vacancies existing for the maximum power under commission regulations. But in recom- mending those eight, the chief examiner also urged that the power of all other qualified cleared channel stations be boosted to 15,000 watts, which, he held, would not violate the regulations. Summing up, if Mr. Yost's recom- mendations are adopted. there will be 22 stations of 50,000 watts power oper- ating on 20 of the 40 cleared channels in this country. On the remaining 20 chanels, at least 13 stations—all of them applicants for the 50,000-watt maximum —wculd be licensed for 25,000 watts. And the way would be opened for the other score of cleared channel stations to increase their power to 25,000 watts. The stations recommended by the chief examiner for 50,000 watts are WJZ, New York; WCAU, Philadelphia; WSM, Nashville; WSB, Atlanta; WCCO, Minneapolis; WGN, Chicago; KPO, San Francisco, and KOA, Denver. ‘Those 12 stations of the 24 applicants he recommends for increases to 25,000 watts, and which were applicants for the maximum power, are WBZ, Spring- fleld, Mass.; WOR, Newark; WHAM, Rochester; 'WHAS, Loulsvilie; WBT, Charlotte; WAPI, Birmingham; xvoo ‘Tulsa; WMAQ, Chlugo ‘WHO-WOC, Des Moines; KPFAB, Lincoln; KSL, Salt Lake City, and KGO, Oakiand. Sta- tion WBBM, in Chicago, one of the 20 cleared channel applicants, already has power of 25,000 watts. Four other stations, WREC, Memphis; WCLF, Chicago; WWJ, Detroit, and WTMJ, Milwaukee, were eliminated because they are not on cleared channels. ‘The commission’s course is proble- matical. At least 20 days must elapse before it acts, for that time is allowed for the flling of objections or excep- tions to the report. Testimony at & hearings was overwhelmingly in suo- port of high power as the means of providing maximum service to listeners and eliminating disturbance. It is felt in some circles that the commission will adopt the original Yost report and permit the maximum power on all cleared channels. Should it decide on any other course, litigation is a cer- tainty. (Copyright, 1931, by Consolidated Press.) BHOTHERé TO PART Leslie Atlass to Remain at WBBM as Ralph Goes to Louisville. Columbia having acquired their re- maining one-third interest in WBBM, Chicago, the brothers, Atlass, will part in their radio activities, with Leslie Atlass remaining at WBBM as Western manager for Columbia and Ralph At- lass devoting his attention to WLAP, Louisville, which he recently purchased. Ralph Atlass. is also angling for other stations. He is affiliated in his pro- posed new_broadcasting ventures with Phillip K. Wrigley, chewing gum manu- facturer. 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